Linked here are Billboard magazine's number-one rhythm and blues hits. The Billboard R&B chart is today known as the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. From May 22, 1948 to October 13, 1958, multiple charts were published, which explains the overlap in the dates of the charts.

THE WEEK’S MOST POPULAR CURRENT R&B SONGS ACROSS ALL GENRES, RANKED BY STREAMING ACTIVITY DATA BY ONLINE MUSIC SOURCES TRACKED BY LUMINATE, RADIO AIRPLAY AUDIENCE IMPRESSIONS AS MEASURED BY...

The following R&B artists (as assessed by Joel Whitburn) had No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart during that period : The Dixie Cups (3 weeks) The Shangri-Las (1 week)

In 1955, Billboard magazine published three charts specifically covering the top-performing songs in the United States in rhythm and blues and related African-American -oriented music genres.

Top Rhythm & Blues Singles Of 1952: 1. LAWDY, MISS CLAWDY - Lloyd Price (Specialty) 2. HAVE MERCY, BABY - Dominoes (Federal) 3. 5-10-15 HOURS - Ruth Brown (Atlantic) 4. GOIN' HOME - Pats Domino (Imperial) 5. NIGHT TRAIN - Jimmy Forrest (United) 6. MY SONG - Johnny Ace (Duke) 7. ONE MINT JULEP - Clovers (Atlantic) 5. TING A LING - Clovers (Atlantic)

Linked here are Billboard magazine's number-one rhythm and blues hits. The Billboard R&B chart is today known as the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. From May 22, 1948 to October 13, 1958, multiple charts were published, which explains the overlap in the dates of the charts.

May 9, 2021 · This list details (in chronological order of date of entry onto the chart) all records which appeared on [i]The Billboard[/i] rhythm & blues chart from 24 October 1942 to 27 December 1952, the final chart of that year.

the term "rhythm and blues" for the older "race" records, and Billboard introduces the Rhythm & Blues charts in June (topped by Charles Brown ”Trouble Blues”).

Aug 16, 2023 · Listed here are Billboard magazine's number-one rhythm and blues hits from 1942–1959. Note: From June 22 1948 to October 13 1958, multiple charts (usually jukebox, DJ, and sales charts) were used, which explains the overlap in the dates of the charts.

Mar 8, 2025 · Rhythm and blues, term used for several types of postwar African-American popular music, as well as for some white rock music derived from it. Perhaps the most commonly understood meaning of the term is as a description of the sophisticated urban music that had been developing since the 1930s.